Monmouthshire Merlin

NATIONAL MELODIES. One evening, after a long ramble through the streets of Lon- don, we entered the parlour of a tavern in the Strand, in which was a party of Welshmen, who were in the habit of meeting at this house every evening, after the hours of labour, to drink old Welsh ale and sing old Welsh airs. Houses of call, as they are termed, of this kind are numerous in the metropolis. I sat amongst these sons of St. David for some time; there were several good singers present, and all seemed thoroughly to enter into the spirit of the songs; a joyous chorus terminating each Terse. "The Maid of Llangollen" elicited a double-encore, and the beautiful air Of a noble race was Shenkin" was re- sponded to by hearty applause. There was a Welsh harper present, who played any air the company desired; he was a first-rate performer on his instrument, and the blind old man 8eemed to be as fond of his harp as if it had been a child. There was a youth present, with his father, who had brought him to London a day or two before, for the purpose of placing "ituation. Our attention was irresistibly drawn to- wards him, as he sat wrapt in his own thoughts, and seemingly unconscious of the presence of any one besides himself in the room. We could not but think that his heart was far away amongst the mountains, carried thither by the melodies of his uative land- How differently was he now situated; yet the throng, the tumult of the mighty metropolis were all forgotten for the time, such power has a simple air to recall the past. and cancel (if we may so speak) the present. Many a time and oft has a national melody made the pulse of the wanderer in foreign lands to beat, and his heart to bound, when far from home and friends; memory has then asserted her power, and the loved, the lost, the distant and the dead, have appeared, wearing almost the sembance of reality. The beautiful air of" Auld lang syne" has caused a tear to dim the eyes of many a hardy Scot; and Saint Patrick's day in the morning" set many an Irishman's sturdy legs in motion. Music has a power over the most I savage breast, and it seldom exercises it with such power as when it assumes the form of a national melody.

FLOWERS. Who would wish to live without flowers ? Where would the poet fly for his images of beauty, if they were to perish for ever 1 Are they not the emblems of loveliness and innocence—the living types of all that is pleasing and graceful ? We compare young lips to the rose, and the white brow to the radiant lily the winning eye gathers its glow from the violet, and a sweet voice is like a breeze kissing its way through flowers. We hanD" delicate blossoms on the silken ringlets of the youne bride and r\heriaVlt\the tr^rdDt hells> wh™ she leave's the church. We place them around the marble face of the dead in the narrow coffin, and they become symbols of our affectrons- pleasures remembered and hopes faded, wishes flown and scenes cherished, the more that they can never return. Still we look to the far-off spring in other vallies—to the eternal summer be- yond the grave, when the flowers which faded shall again bloom in starry fields, where no rude winter can intrude. They come upon us in spring like the recollections of a dream, which ho- vered above us in sleep, peopled with shadowy beauties and purple delights, fancy broidered. Sweet flowers! that brine before our eyes scenes of childhood-faces remembered in youth, when love was a stranger to himself! The mossy bank by the where we so often sat for hours, drinking in tbe beauty of the primrose with our eyes—the sheltered glen, ar y green, filled with the perfume of violets, that shone, in their intense blue. like another sky spread upon the earth-the Hugnter of merry voices—the sweet song of the maiden—the downcast eye, the spreading blash, the kiss, ashamed at its own sound—are all brought back to memory by a flower.

EVIL SPEAKING. The delusive itch for slander too common in all ranks of peo- ple, whether to gratify a little ungenerous resentment; whether, oftener, out of a principle of levelling, from a narrowness and poverty of soul, ever impatient of merit and superiority in others whether from a mean ambition, or the insatiate lust of being witty (a talent in which ill-nature and malice are no ingre- dients), or, lastly, whether from a natural cruelty of disposition, abstracted from all views and considerations of self to which one, or whether to all jointly, we ate indebted for this conta- gious malady, thus much is certain, from whatever seeds it springs the growth and progress of it are as destructive to, as they are unbecooùng, a civiIised people. To pass a hard and UP°° 3D un<3esignine action to invent, or y j ,0 Pr°Pa8ate a *e*atious report, without colour *nd grounds; to plunder an innocent man of his cha- J*c.er and good name, a jewel which, perhaps, he has starved dimself to purchase, and probably would hazard his life to se- cwre to rob him, at the same time of his happiness and peace of mod, perhaps his bread-the bread, may be, of a virtuous family—ana all this, as Solomon says of the madman, who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, and sayeth, Am I not in sport ?" All this, out of wantonness, and oftener from worse motives the whole appears such a complication of badness, as requires no words or warmth of fancy to aggravate. Pride, treachery, bopocrisy, malice, cruelty, and self-love, may have been said, in one shape or other, to have occasioned all the frauds and mischiefs that ever happened in the world but the chances against a emmcidenceofthem all in one person are so many, that one would have supposed the character of a common ttanderer as jare a production in nature, as that of a great genius, which seldom happens more than once in an age.—Sun- bøam.

„ A WRONG HEAD. I travelled in 1813 through the south of France. Something put in to my head to visit a prison. It contained, besides the ordinary prisoners, some who were deranged. One of whom whose madness was extremely inoffensive, en- joyed a sort of liberty in the interior of the prison. He had been accustomed to this sort of existence, and never dreamt that it was possibly to live in any other way. On my entry into th-tf court yard, he came up to me, and saluted me with orpst politeness. r *reai öood day, sir," laid he. How do you do 1" t. ery well, how are you ? You see my head 1" And what of that 1" J 0the1^,hwa^<it^ff;LXWe;ioSt0^y• My Yi'- Ty the officer was informeaTat l S £ ? fi™hed'. Immediately he took up a held Su,ll°tlned b* mis1|ak1f- unfnrttinatnl'41 — Breat PanU»er, which, "SS" <"Ked 11" -y nAhi'h?.k°.t3t°MW iT !kr" y,m"U to convince me ttat his head was solidly fastened to his shoulders. • *'r—11 i°oks perfectly natural; but never- tnelc^s there is something wrong." How unfortunate that they were mistaken in the head •" And he went off, weeping, to tell his story to the first visitor M should meet. I inquired into his history. He had been condemned to death, and his pardon had arrived at the moment of cutting the 1aair. He had felt the coldness of the scissors. [Quere Has not Sir Francis Burdett got some strange caput (perhaps that of the late Doctor Duifgnan), on his shoulders 1J

DUTY os GIGS.—A paragraph, which originally appeared in a London weekly paper, has been copied into several of the daily prints as well as into the country papers. It is headed Im- portant to Fanners and Others," and states that after the 6th of April gigs on steel springs are liable to pay duty, and that those on lancewood springs are exempted." The statement in this paragraph is wholly erroneous,Sand has occasioned many inquiries from different parts of the country. No change in law has taken place such as is alleged and neither the liability to duty nor exemption from it, depends in any degree on the circumstance whether the gig be on metallic or lancewood springs.

HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDA Y, APRIL 27.—The House of Lords re-assembled this evening. The business was limited to the presentation of petitions.

MONDAY, APRIL 30.-In answer to a question from Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Melbourne said that it had been determined not to renew the Order in Council-, authorising British subjects to enlist in the service of Spain, but that special permission might be given in particular cases. The Marqte;s of Londonderry, at some length, animadverted on the proposed omission of some of the ceremonies at the ap- proaching coronation, and also on the day fixed, and inquired if any change might be expected in either. ViJcoullt Melbourne said the questions of the noble marquis had reference to two points-first, whether the arrangements for the coronation would be subject to further consideration, and would undergo any alteration, and next as to the time when the ceremony would take plRce. With respect to the latter point, as to the time, he had to state, that a change of the day, pro- bably to the 28th of June, had been determined on. That change had been agreed to in order to avoid doing any violence to those feelings to which the noble marquess had adverted.— He thought it right, however, to observe that the day originally intended was named entirely through inadvertence. Still, he might say, that there was scarcely a day in the year that could have been selected that had not some melancholy reflections connected with it. It should also be observed, that the accession of a sovereign was constantly kept as a festival in all countries, and at all times and yet that accession must of necessity be the anniversary of the death of the preceding sovereign. Therefore, he did not think that any very great fault had been committed in naming the day originally intended. It was, however, he admitted, very proper and very wise to pay respect to such feelings as the noble marquis had described and therefore a fresh proclama- tion should be issued, to defer the solemnization of the ceremony to the day which he had pointed out. (Hear, hear.) He now came to the other question—whether those pomps and ceremo- nies which were dispensed with at the coronation of his late Majesty were now to be discontinued or not; and in answer to that question, he begged leave to say, that it was not the in- tention of her Majesty's government to make any further change, any material change in ceremonial, from what had already been set forth. He could not, on the part of himself and his col- leaegues, plead guilty to the charge of want of reverence for the practice of their ancestors and, from what had occurred before, he did not think that they were fairly liable to such a charged When those ceremonies had anything like substance in them- when they were agreeable to the present time—when they we)e in accordance with the usages and customs of the present day it might be well to adhere to them, But when they appeared to be mere shades and mere shadows—when they appeared to be mere vain pageants, useless and idle, and, in some instances, tending to create ridicule,—when this was the case, he con- ceived that they were prudently and properly given up and abandoned, especially when they had been given up on a former occasion. There was another reason, which ought to have some weight, and that was, that the dispensing with those ceremonies would effect a very considerable diminution of expence. Again, t here was another point that ought to be taken into consideration'. He alluded to the great fatigue which the duties of the day would necessarily impose on her Majesty, and which perhaps her Ma. jesty would scarcely be able to undergo. Their Lordships shortly afterwards adjourned.

'L. HOUSE OF COMMONS. THURSDAY, APRIL 26.—Committees were appointed to try the merits of the Stirlingshire and Great Yarmouth election petitions. The London Grand Junction Railway Bill was read a second time, after a division, in which 93 supported the second reading and 84 opposed it. 8* Mr. Wakley gave notice that on the motion for going into committee on the Copyright Bill, he would move that it be committed that day six months. Sir Robert Ingtis gave notice that, on the 10th of May, he would bring forward a motion on the subject of foreign slavery. Mr. O'Connell postponed his motion on the subject of slavery in consequence of the absence of Mr. Baring. Lord John Russell moved that from and after the 14th May next, the orders of the day should have precedence on Thurs- days, but ultimately the noble lord withdrew his motion. Lord John Russell obtained leave to bring in a bill for the better regulation of prisons in England and Wales, and also a bill tor establishing a prison for young offenders. On the motion of Sir R. Peel, a select committee was ap- pointed to consider the law and practice relating to the enterintr into recognizances, and the judgment of costs, in the matter of election petitions, and to report their observations thereupon to the house. r On the motion of Mr. Shaw Lefevre, a select committee was appointed to consider the standing orders of the House of Commons relating to private bills, and to compare them with those of the House of Lords, with the view of assimilating as much as possible the standing orders of both houses. ° Mr. Ward obtained leave to bring in a bill for the better re- gulation of the metropolitan sewers. On the motion of Lord John Russell, the Clergy Residence Bill was read a third time and passed.—Adjourned.

FilID4;T, 27—On the motion of Lord John Russell, the Consolidated Fund Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. The house resolved itself into ft Committee on the Ordnance Estimates. Sir H. Vman, in propounding these, stated that the real increase for the present year was £ 50,205 but the estimate went actually in amount £ 148,708 beyond that of last session. Three companies had been sent to Canada, one to St. Kitts, and another to Bermuda; there was, therefore, not a sufficient force lesA at home, and it was proposed immediately to strengthen It; in particular, three companies of artillery were to be raised. 1 he gallant officer then went on to detail what ^vtngs had been efleeted in various branches of the ordnance department these had been considerable. The various items were agreed to with scarcely any opposition. Some discussion took place, however, on a vote of £87,000 to defray the expense of the Yeomanry Corps. Mr. Hume opposed the vote, and moved, as an amendment, that the corps be abolished. Lord John Russell would agree to no reduction, inasmuch as the charge was less this year by :£25,000 than it was in the previous year. A division took ptace there appeared for the grant, 203 for the amendment, 57 majority for the original motion, 146.—"•Adjourned.

MONDA Y, APRIL 30.—Mr. Barker, as chairman of the Great Yarmouth Election Committee, reported that Charles Edward Rumbold, Esq., and William Wilshere, Esq., were duly elected. Mr. Ward reported that William Forbes, Esq., was not duly elected to serve in Parliament for the shire of Stirling, and that Col. George R. Abercromby was elected, and ought to have been returned. Mr. Craven Berkeley presented a petition from Stroud, in Worcestershire, agreed to at a public meeting, praying for the abolition of ^egro Slavery. The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave notice that on Friday week he shou d bring forward his financial statement for the year. (Hear.) .u Stlr.uR' that as it appeared by the Gazette that a ere woul.,ug no banquet at the approaching Coronation, ie, ;w,as to know if any procession would take place, by w «cft the public at large would be enabled to witness some portion of the ceremony. Lord John Russetl said that there would be a procession from the Palace through the streets to Westminster Abbey. The Coronation would take place on the 28th June, instead of the day originally fixed. Sir F. Trep.th inquired if it was the intention of the Govern- IVien5, recommend, according to two precedents which he would refer to, that the ladies of the Court should at the Coro- nation be dressed in British manufactures. (Oh!) There were fifty thousand starving manufacturers at present in this country. Lord J. Rnssell said he must decline answering such a ques- tion. v r!'°iUse wene into committee on the Consolidated TL 1 which went through without amendment. The house having resumed, Lord J. Russell moved the third reading of the Irish Poor-law Bill. The question having been put, Mr. O'Connell looked round much perplexed, and moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Sir William Brabaznn then appeared amidst loud laughter, and said the hon. and learned member had got the start of him. He would give the bill all the opposition in his power, as it was not wanted for the happiness of Ireland. The hon. member concluded by moving that the bill be read a third time that dav six months. } Sir F. Trench said, if the hon. member had not moved this amendment, he himself had intended to do so. For he did be- lieve, that no bill regarding Ireland had ever been proposed, which would be productive of more mischief—that it would an. nihilate property and extinguish industry. He trusted the bill would be rejected and he would suggest to the noble lord, the Secretary for Ireland, the propriety of introducing, in the next sewion of Parliament, a bill for the relief of the indigent and infirra poor, and another bill having for its object the employ- ment of the able-bodied poor. I..rd Castlereagh could not allow the bill to be read a third time without entering his decided protest against it. The peo- W,ere declded,y opposed, -to the workhouse system, of Jtlll" a'f u VCry SlronS objection to the large amount create gr«at number of offices which it would Mr. Q Connell would implore of the Government to mark the spectacle of the noble lord and himself rising, one after the other, to protest against the present measure. Men of all parties—the clergy of all religions, the grand juries, and in fart all persons and parties in Ireland were opposed to it. He im- plored'»f the Government to pause before they attempted to re- sist the prayer (If unanimous Ireland. (Loud cheers.) The Irish labourer required no stimulus to labour-it was well known that they travelled in thousands every year 700 miles from the extremity of Connaught to the extremity of Kent, for the pur- pose of earning a few weeks' wages. The system then was based upon a blundering species of legislation. Lord Morpeth said, great stress was now laid on apparent symptoms of repugnance to the measure in Ireland by those who were hardly heard in opposition to it in its early stages, or in the long intervals of its consideration-, but who now, at the tenth or eleventh hour, called on the house to stop short, and to postpone the bill to a future period. With respect to the pre. sent measure, it was natural that it should disappoint two par- ties in Ireland. Those who were to be the.recipients of the proposed relief would be disappointed that that relief was not more extensive those who were to contribute to the relief would be alarmed and jealous at the extent to which they were to be called upon for that purpose, But for all those different kinds of opposition it was the duty of her Majesty's government to be prepared. They had been so prepared they stood by the prin- ciple of their measure they had yielded no part of that princi. ple to influence or opposition, except where it was shown by fair and open argument that some portions of the bill was sus- ceptible of improvement. With respect to emigration, he was undoubtedly of opinion that, well and judiciously conducted, it would operate with great advantage to Ireland but it would not be sufficient in itself, unaided by any system of poor-laws, to remove all the distress which unhappily existed in that coun- try. He should like to know what scheme of emigration, or what system of out-door relief, maintained by an assessment upon land, could be established in Ireland for the relief of a distressed population, amounting to 2,300,000 souls, if it were desired that the pioprietors of that country should remain in possession of a single acre of the lends which they now held 1 fHcai, hear.) Under these cucumslances he was strongly of opinion that the system of relief proposed in the present bill was at once the simplest, the most comprehensive, and the best that could be established. Felix faitslumque is the prayer with which we now launch it forth into the world, and 1 feel assured that it is a prayer which will find an echo in the breast of every man who feels an interest in the welfare of Ireland.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. Young (Cavan), Lord Powerscourt, Mr. Bellew, Lord Clements, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Roche, Mr. C. P. Thompson, and Lord Stanley, supported the bill. Sir E. Hayes, Mr. Corry, Colonel Conolly, Colonel Verner, and Mr. Shicl, opposed it. Mr. O'Connell intimated that he shoud divide the house. The house then divided, and the unmbers were—For the third reading, 234 Against it, 59 Majority, 175.—The bill was then passed. Sir R. Pee! begged to ask the noble lord what coufsC he pco- posed with respect to the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) 131111 Lord J. RtiiseM had before stated that he did not wish to pro- ceed with the bill in question till the sense of the house had been taken on his tithe resolutions he should therefore fix it for the same day, with the view of subsequently postponing it. The Medical Charities (Ireland) BM w&3 read a second time without a division. The discussion, it is understood will take place when the bil? goes into committee on Tuesday. The Vhcncelior of the Exchequer moved the appointment of the committee on Joint Stock Banks, when the following com- mittee was appointed :—The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir R. Peel, Mr. P. Thompson, Sir J. Graham, Mr. Clay, Mr. Goulbourn, Mr. Baring, Mr. Loch, Mr. J. A. Smith, Mr. Pat- tison, Mr. Mathias Attwood, Mr. Stiutt, Sir Thomas Freemati- tie. Mr. Shaw, Mr. O'Connell. Mr. Jephsob. Upon the motion of Lord Palmerston, a bill to carry into effect additional articles to the treaties with Sweden and the Netherlands, relative to the Slave Trade, were read a first time. Upon the motion of Lord Palmerston the house went into committee for the purpose of passing a resolution to be made the foundation for a bill to carry into effect the treaty with the Hanse towns, relative to the Slave Trade. A resolution was then agreed to as a foundation for a bill. The house then resumed when leave was given to bring in the bill. Lord Palmerston obtained leave lo bring in a bill to establish courts in China. The two last-mentioned bills wc^e then brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday.—Adj.

ANCIENT AND MODERN LUXURY. People talk about the luxury of the present day but it is positive abstinence, compared with the luxury of the Augustan age. For the sake of the followers of Dr. Kitchener, (who, by the bye, was killed by his own kitchen), let us look into u few old books, and see what the Romans did seventeen centuries ago in the way of eating. We will paraphrase from Tacitus and others, as well as our neglected Latin will allow us. Old /Esop, the plilyer, dressed up a dish of singing birds. which cost him 530,000 sesterces (£4143). He had a son who did not degenerate. He was left with a great estate, and mean- ing to live well, he wished to try what was the flavour of a pearl dissolved in vinegar. Finding it very delicious, he invited two thousand friends, and every guest had a pearl given him to dissolve in the acid, as the finest draught he could regale them with." Pearls and vinegar Modern chemistry tells us, after all, that they only swallowed in this precious combination, carbo- nate of lime and verjuice—a fact which may reconcile us to bad claret. But to proceed with our extracts :— Apicius, a Roman, and of no mean genius, and born to an immense fortune, openly professed the Culinary science, and made good eating the business of his life. He applied himself with the utmost assiduity (eitrcma diligentia) to make experi- ments upon sauces, try mixtures, and examine relishes. All kinds of birds, beasts, and fishes, were brought to him from foreign parts, and he investigated their tastes with different sauces and different dressings. He gave 60,000 sesterces (nearly £500) for a dish of parrots and onion sauce (pavunes sitpibus conditw) Who would cat boiled rabbits smothered in onions after this ? But, in the way of nsh- Vedins Po/lio, originally a slave, but afterwards emanci- pated, and by dint of money made a Roman knight, carried luxury to its greatest height. He kept lampreys in a pond, where he fed them with human nesh and the ordinary punish- ment inflicted upon his slaves, even for trivial faults, was to have them thrown, tied hands and legs together, into that pond to feed those voracious animals." Henry the Second died in Flanders after eating a hearty supper of lampreys. No wonder—if he had read this anecdote by way of a night-cap.

CAPTAIN BARCLAY. The captain is equally high bred as are his cattle—in fact, he claims ancestral relationship to epic times, being clearly de- scended from the noble race of Bruce, the hero of Scottish his- tory. He is likewise lineally descended from the celebrated Robert Barclay, author of the Apology for the Quakers"— he, the said apologist, was the son of David Barclay, of Ury, the son of David Barclay, of Mathers, the representative of an old Scots family^ of Norman origin, traceable, I believe, through fifteen generations, to Theobald De Berkeley, who set- tled in Scotland in the beginning of the twelfth century. The Apology," an elaborate work, I believe written in Latin, and indicating no small portion of both talent and learning, was dated thus—" From Ury, the place of my pilgrimage, in my native country of Scotland, 25th of November, 1676." Thus I think I make it clear that my friend the captain is quite thorough-bred, which, to a great degree, accounts for the wonderful feats he has performed, certainly enequalled by any one man—in modern times at least. As a conversationist, he exemplifies Congreve's definition of real native humour to a greater degree than almost any other person I have hitherto met with in life; and the definition of the dramatist, if my memory does not fail me, is this—" A sin- gular, unavoidable manner of doing or saying anything, pecu- liar and natural to one man only, by which his speech and ac- tions are distinguishable from those of other men." Now, I appeal to all who know him, if such is not the captain and whoever has heard him, as I have heard him, in a strain of col- loquial pleasantry, and observed the quiet, grave, but cheerful, though guarded humour, that runs through his conversation, the brevity of some of his remarks, and the artless sincerity in which they are uttered, together with his deep and manly voice —very unlike that of Veluti—must, I think, be of a similar opinion with myself. What advantage he took of a good school education, and a Cambridge matriculation, previously to his entering the army, I am unable to say. He may, for aught I know to the contrary, be no theoretical philosopher he may have given Homer and mathematics to the winds, and have ex- changed Herodotus the historian for Herodicus the gymnast;— but in useful practical knowledge) I would back him against most men; and) were I in a scrape on a point of moral con- duct, there is no one's opinion I would sooner be guided by than the captain s. He is, I believe, esteemed a good sports- man but never having seen him with his own hounds, 1 must speak cautiously on this head for, when we were in the habit of meeting in the field, some thirty years ago, I fear the chief object of each was, who could ride fastest. I remember, how- ever, a singular circumstance relating to those by-gone days. The captain, in one very open season, in Oxfordshire, got eighty-four days hunting on four hunters, one of which, a fine Scotch mare, I afterwards saw in Germany, in the breeding stud of Baron Biel It may be supposed that many good stories are abroad about the captain in his own country, and at which, when alluded to in his presence, no person laughs more heartily than he himself does. ihe Defiance coach furnishes not a few, and, amongst others, the following. It is well known that the captain is en- titled to a Scotch earldom, and had at one time serious thoughts of laying claim to it. But," said he to his intimate friend the late Duke of Gordon, "should I, as the Earl of Monteith and Ayr, be able to drive the Defiance 1" "Why/' replied the duke, "there is not mucu difference between an Earl and a Marquess, and as the Marquess of ——— drives the Brighton Defiance, I see no reasen why you may not drive the Edin- burgh Defiance. At all events," continued the Duke, if you should think it INFRA DIG, to be the coachman, you may un- doubtedly be the guard." David Roup, the coachman, and the captain have been the oaCasion of some good anecdotes. On one occasion, the captain was descending a hill with the Defiance, at the bottom of which was a toll-bar, and having a stiff-necked off-wheel horse, that would not answer to the whip, he went much too near to the gate-post to be pleasanU Close shaving that! said the Captain to David, who sat behind him on the Close shavin' exclaimed David, and what the deil's the use o' close shavin' when the gateway's gude twanty feet wide It cannot be supposed the captain has been much of a gainer by the Defiance, considering the great length of ground that he horses it, and the pace it travels at; but it has afforded him much amusement, and the establishment of it was a truly patri- otic act." Does the coach pay you, Barclay?" said a friend to him one day, who sat beside him on the bench. I believe it does, indeed," replied the captain, slapping his hand on his thigh, I have been to-day at the settling, and see what a heap of bank-notes is in my pocket J" "Y e'lI no believe him," whispered David to the enquirer's ear, it's a horse-boot the captain has gotten in his pocket." It is said no man can be called a coachman unless he has once floored a coach, forasmuch as until he has done so, he knows not how to get her up again. Up to the time I left Scotland) the captain had only floored his once, and his descrip- tion of the solitary event was capital. She fell as easy as though she had fallen on a feather bed and, looking out for a soft place, I alighted comfortably on my feet." Speaking se- riously however, the captain is a safe coachman, and to prove his being of opinion that it is never too late to improve, he now and then goes to Cambridge and back with Joe Walton on the Star, for the purpose of having a few lessons from/that very su- perior artist. Lord Kintore, indeed, calls the captain "Joe Walton secundus." I should much have liked to have been on the Defiance, at the time I am now going to allude to. A snob of a passenger took it into his head te be offended at something the captain, who was driving, did or said and at length his ire prompted him to tell him—having mistaken him for one of the coachmen —that if he was on the ground, instead of on the box, he would give him a thump on the head; adding, most emphatically, the following bravado :—"Aye, if you were the great Captain Bar- clay himself!" The captain was silent, until he alighted at the next change, when his passenger also alighted. Now, sir (said the captain), I AM the great Captain Barclay himself, ready to receive your thump on the head." The result may be imagined—it was no go."—Nimrod.

MORALITY OF RAILWAYS.—Railways are evidently destined to be great moral teachers, and not the least important of the lessons they will enforce, is punctuality. The inexorable door of the station is closed precisely at the appointed time, and the traveller, who is but a second behind, has no remedy but pa- tience. There is no running after the departing vehicle, with hat in one hand and portmanteau in the other, shouting to the coachman to pull up -no retrieving your loss even by post horses, and a douceur to the boy, on the next station. While you are going ten miles, the object of your pursuit will assuredly achieve twenty or thiity. TURNIP CATERPILLARS.—At the last meeting of the London Entomological Society, Mr. Sells read a valuable paper on the best means of destroying the black caterpillar that infests turnips and is nearly equally as injurious to them in their more advanced stages as the fly (a beetle-Haltica Nemorum) is to them on their first coming into bud. His method is to turn an adequate number of poultry into the field during the time when the cater- pillars are committing their ravages. In some districts the poultry are actually fattened in great numbers upon this food only a double object is thus secured, and the farmer turns his worst enemies to the best advantage.

THE SPLENDID BANQUET AT GOLDSMITHS' HALL. On Saturday the GoldiimUhs' Compauy gave a magnificent banquet at their hall to the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and several other eminent public men. The preparations were, it is believed, upon a more gorgeous scale than any within the recollection of the members of this most opulent and powerful of the great Conservative companies of the city of London. Indeed such pains had been taken to give splendour to the scene as to give rise to the report that the give splendour to the scene as to give rise to the report that the Queen was to be the guest of the company. Alderman Copeland, Prime Warden, in the chair; supported on his right by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and on his left by the Duke of Wellington, Amongst the company were the Duke of Rutland, the Mar- quess of Londonderry, the Earl of Jersey, the Earl de Grey, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Bishop of Chester, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Bexley, Lord Tenterdcn, Lord Abinger, the Marquess of Chandos, Lord Stanley, Lord Mahon, Lord Ingestrie, l ord Eliot, Lord Sandon, the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Sir Robert Peel, See. &.c. The sideboard immediately behind the chairman was covered with massive gold plate, piled up in a pyramidical form, and so arranged as to exhibit in the most striking manner the taste employed by the superintendents of the feast, as well as the enormous wealth of the company, who make it ft rule never to borrow from the companies, the means of adding to the effect of their entertainment. In the recess behind the chair, in the midst of other pieces, steed an ancient dish and ewer, which were made 150 years ago by the celebrated Lemarie. They were highly embossed, and of exquisite workmanship. Vases and candelabra were thickly placed in the recess, which would have continued to attract the notice of the guest?, if their atten- tion had not been led away by ftn unrivalled work of art which stood on the crosc ttil;:e immediately before the chairman. This was a plateau of gold, representing an ancient garden, with terrace and balustrades. There are steps leading up to the ter- race, and in different parts of the garden are groups of children in mimicry of the art and mystery of the silversmiths, hammer- ing away at vases and other decorative work. The terrace is surrounded by a lake of water, most beautifully represented by costly mirrors, while four cascades are seen gushing from an archway, over which appear the arms of the Goldsmiths' Com- pany, in the centre of the plateau a group of figures are seen supporting branches of lights. Cupids are climbing up the branches of the trees, while the Graces arc endeavouring to catch the mischievous little gods in their ascent. Costly pieces of plate, of various forms and dimensions, were most tastefully disposed round the tables. One of them was a Cup, the work- manship, if not of Cellini himself, of an eminent pupil of that great master. This Cup had been presented by Queen Eliza- beth to Sir Martin Bowen, Lord Mayor of London, when that sovereign first visited the city of London. Sir Martin was a member of the Goldsmiths' Company, and by his will left this cup to the company. The toasts, which, as the evening advanced, became deeply tinged with a political complexion, embraced The Church and Queen;" "The Bishop of Durham;" "The Duke of Wellington" (received with bursts of applause) Lord Lynd- hurst;" Sir Robert Peel 5" Sir Nicholas Tyndal;" &e. The Chairman, in proposing "The health of the noble lord the member for North Lancashire," said he had not had the henour of seeing his lordship in the city except upon one occa- sion, and that was in his mayoralty [the company here cheered Lord Stanley]. He wae aware that they were not assembled for political objects, nor for political discussion, but it was im- possible to forget the circumstance of the secession from office of the noble lord with the right honourable baronet, involving a subject so near and dear to those around. He trusted, how- ever, that the country would soon have the gratification of see- ing them again co- operating in power, for the protection of its best interests. (Cheers.) Lord Stanley said that he was taken by surprise, but he felt deeply grateful for the high distinction to which the company were pleased to consider him entitled. He had made consider- able sacrifices in the performance of his public duties, but he had made those sacrifices from principle, and he should be ready upon future occasions, should any arise, to uia!;c similar sacrifices for the good of the community. With reference to fu- ture events, he believed, so far as he was capable of judging of c probabilities, so far as his foresight was able to penetrate, he should most cordially co-operate with the right honourable baronet, in connection with whose name his had been joined. (Cheers.) Sir Charles Wetherell (his health and the bar having been given) said, that although the prime warden had said that they had not assembled for political disetissson, and had intimated that politics were not likely to be introduced on occasions of this kind, he happened to be more years in the world, and therefore was obliged to say that it was quite impossible but that politics must ooze in and out, even in their times of conviviality and en- joyment. A laugh and cheers. He joined in the hope that a speedy termination would be put to the well-grounded alarms which existed, by the appointment of men able and honest enough to serve the country. The facetious knight creditably appeared in a clean shirt, and the adoption of suspendars indicated an inexpressible im- provement on his appearance in public heretofore. It is quite needless to say a word about the quality of the dishes and the wines. All the delicacies that money could purchase were in profusion upon the tables.

CRUEL TREATMENT OF SIR F. BURDETT. We were the first, some ten years ago, to perceive the meta- morphosis of Sir Francis Burdett into a Tory, and in illustration of the blindness of the public to a change which had taken place in the courtly Baronet's politics, we quoted the case of the Living Skeleton exhibited here a few years ago, who continued to pass for a miracle of leanness long after he had fattened on beef and porter, till some matter-of-fact kind of visitor observed to the showman, after the routine account of the skeleton's fea- ther-weight, Why this is no skeleton—this is rather a plump fellow than otherwise."—" Lord, sir, and so he is! cried the showman in dismay, for the first time discovering the change I can't think what has come over him—but sure enough, with all his gormandising, lie has clean spoilt himself for a living skeleton." The exhibition was at an end, but a bright thought occurred. The skeleton was put up to fatten, and made such good use of his beef and porter, that lie was taken back to France by his exhibitor, and shown about at all the fairs as a Dan Lambert the second, the fattest man ever seen. Our illustration has been realised to a tittle, and Sir Francis has not only been at last discovered to be the very opposite of the character in which he first exhibited, but has been shown about the country as the Dan Lambert of Toryism, the grossest anti-reformer, and therefore, of course, the grossest apostate ever seen. Well may people go and look at him as a wonder, and we will venture to say that he would make the fortune of the proprietor of Astley's Theatre If engaged for the season. For our own parts, having a lingering kindness for the old Baronet, we wish he were in better hands than those of his pre- sent showmen, who play cruel tricks with him, paying them- selves for their trouble in his pains. Now Richardson, or any other man of boothsj would have his money for the show, and spare the feelings of the poor old gentleman. It is natural that the Tories should triumph in taking Sir Francis about the coun- try, saying, Now you shall see what you shall see. The greatest Radical ever known-ballot, annual parliaments, uni- versal suffrage and what not—come over to the greatest Toryism ever known-down with O'Connell, down with the Liberals, and up with the Orange—hurrah for the King of Hanover, and what not." The triumph of this exlllbltlOn We admit is natural enough but, conceding to the lories the pleasure of carrying about their conquest in a cage, we object to the barbarity of their stirring him up," as it is professionally called, or poking his old opinions at the poor creature. Do they imagine that he has no feelings? It is not to be supposed that because he has turned his coat he has turned to stone. It is true that he appears to be without shame, but so does many an unhappy creature who parades our streets as he parades our towns, and who vainly endeavours to conceal her sense of infamy under the bravado of glorying in her vice, and insulting the caste she has for ever lost. Sir Francis may make a show of this kind, but he feels in that pip, such as it is, which serves him in qua- lity of a heart, though it were apter furniture for a lemon—but in his inward pip, we say, he feels that lie is an abandoned be- ing—abandoned by every friend in political life that honour had joined to him—abandoned by all as he abandoned his prin- ciples—abandoned by the people who once idolised him, and in his old age making new frleulb of old foes. Near the end of the journey of life, this is sorry work, all strange, foul, and unnatural. A postacy should begin early, for a man of three- score who falls out of one party has not time to fall into the other, so as to shape and adjust himself smoothly to a position in it. He cannot embed himself, and lies like a loose stone on the surface, to be kicked by every foot.—Examiner.

TWO PICTURES OF IRELAND BY ONE HAND. Sir Francis Burdett in the Sir Fraiicis Burdett at Liver- House of Commons, May 18, pool, April 23, 1838. 1819. With reference to Ireland, The people of Ireland, of respecting which such early whom Mr. O'Connell talked so prejudices were imbibed in this much, were, he was grieved to country, he was bound to dc- say, the most miserable, igno- clare that when he visited it he rant, Popish, priest-ridden po- was mnst agreeably disappointed. pulace, and superstitious to a The Irish were frequently re- degree, of the inveteracy of presented as a nation of sa- which Englishmen could form vages, they were the gentlest no conception. When Air. outface of the earth. Ge- O'Connell talked of the Irish, nerally speaking the Irish were he left out of his consideration as civilized as any nation on the the Protestants, comprising fnce of the eart/¡; not excepting nearly all the property, intel- the polite French, and as full ligence, honest independence, of humauity, hospitality, and and real importance of Ireland, charity. He was persuaded The Irish boasted of coming that'Ireland was the only coun- from Carthage, and certainly try in which, if a stranger were they were Tyrian in one respect thrown naked on the shore, he -they were double-tongued, would find shelter in the first The Irish were in many re- house he came to, and might spects the perfect antipodes to travel through the whole island the English, and it was absurd without a penny in his pocket, to propose that they should and never be in want of either have the power of establishing a meal or a night's lodging.- Popish municipal corporations That religiolT could not be bad j in Ireland." which prompted to such prac- tice."

WELSH OIIDER OF KMGHTWOOD.—It is with pleasure that we call the attention of our readers to the following letter 7o the Editor of the Morning Chronicle. SIR,-As it is generally supposed that her Majesty intends instituting a new order at the approaching coronation, in place of the Guelphic or Knights of Hanover, I trust that the princi- pality of Wales will not be oveilooked, and that the ancient Britons, though late in the day, may yet boast of an order to rank with the St. George of England, St. Andrew uf Scotland, and St. Patrick of Ireland and that the new order may be the Knights of St. David. The title of Prince of Wales is not thought unworthy of the eldest son of the Kings of England. The star or jewel of the knights of St, David could be made to equal any of the British stars the Prince's feather, would be most appropriate,, as well as the leek the emblem of Wales. The collar might be made up of Prince's feathers and leeks alternately, and the motto should be chosen from some of the Welsh proverbs so justly celebrated either the old mottoes o Better death than shame," or Without God nothing." "God and enough," in the British language, would be very appropriate. I hope, Sir, some of your Welsh noblemen, the Marquis of Anglesey for instance, will take up the cause of Cambria, and petition your youthful Sovereign to institute the order of St. David at the coming coronation. A DESCENDANT OF CARADOC FIIAICH FRAS, KNIGHT OF THE ROUND TABLE. Plasnewydd, April 14.

J;cMíøttUattJ1. ROVAL PLATS; CLOSET AT WINDSOII.—The royal plate at Windsor is kept in one tolerably sized room and an adjoining closet, and is valued at £1,750,000 sterling There is one gold service, formed by George IV., to dine 130 guests some pieces were taken from the Spanish Armada, some brought from India, Burmah, China, °xc.;one vessel belonged to Charles XII. of Sweden, another to the KiUg of Ava a peacock of pre- cious stones, valued at £30,000; and a tiger's head (Tippoo's foot-stool), with a solid ingot of gold for his tongue, and crys- tal teeth numerous and splendidly ornamented gold shields, one made from snuff-boxes, value 3,000 guineas and 30 dozen of plates, which cost 26 guineas each. The magnificent silver wine cooler, made for George IV., is enclosed with plate glass; its superb chasing and other ornamental works occupied two years, and two full-grown persons may sit in it without incon- vepience- ANECDOTE OF TIIE QUEEN.—The following anecdote,highly cre- ditable to the persons concerned, was related by one of the speak- ers (the Rev. R. Newton, for the accuracy of which he vouched) at the. annual meeting of the Wesleyan Methodist Auxumiy Missionary Society, at Liverpool, the 10th inst.:—A poor, but truly pious widow, placed in charge of a light-house on the southern coast, had resolved to devote the receipts of one day in the year, during the visiting Reason, to the missibtiary cause. On one of these days a lady in widow's weeds, and a little girl in deep mourning, came to see the light-house. Sympathy in misfortune, she supposed, led to conveisation, and before the unknown visitor took her departure, they had most probably mingled their tears together. The lady left behind her a sovereign. The unusually large gratuity immediately caused a conflict in the breast of the poor woman, as to whether she was absolutely bound to appropriate the whole to the missionary box, or not. At length she compromised by putting in half-a-crown. But conscience would not let her rest. She went to bed, but could not sleep. She rose, took back the half-crown, put in the sovereign; returned to bed, and slept comfortably. A few days afterwards, to her great surprise, she received a double letter, franked and, on opening it, she was not more astonished than delighted to find £20 front the widow lady, and £5 from the little girl in deep mourning. And who were that lady and that little girl 1 No other than her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and our present rightful and youthful Sovereign, Queen Victoria. (Rapturous and prolonged applause). A SOLILOQUISING JUDCE.—A learned iudge, whose religious bias is notoriously strong, was presiding on the trial of a man charged with stealing a faggot." The case was as clear as day more than one witness had seen the prisoner enter certain premises and carry therefrom certain property that was not his own; but this was not enough for lawyers. They must of course bring forward a faggot, and call upon the witness to prove its identity. The faggot was unscrupulously identified, upon which the learned judge, while making his note of the cir- cumstance, said (as he thought to himself-but he has a habit occasionally of soliloquising in rather too loud a key), Why, how ean he swear that's the same faggot—one faggot's as much like another as one egg's like anolhcr." This WBS heard by Mr. C. P the counsel forthe prisoner, who was seated just below his lordship he instantly started up, and re-calling the witness said, You have sworn that this is the same faggot you saw the prisoner take. Why, how can you swear that its the same t One faggot's as mach like another as One egg's like another." The learned judge dropped his pen and fixed his eyes expressively upon the counsel. Mr. P. said his wor- ship, in a very solemn tone, somewhat tremulous with emotion and awe—" Mr. P., I see the finger of God in this case that very reflection, in the very form of words you employed, was passing through my mind at the moment it occurred to yours. I certainly shall not let this case go to the jury upon such evi- dence;" and the case, as our informant saith, was stopped. POSTAGE.—The evidence of the select committee on postage was published this morning. Farewell to the shilling postages -farewell to a decreasing revenue—farewell to anomalies of charge—farewell to tardiness—farewell to the contraband postage trade Not long will they survive the disclosure made in the evidence of the select committee. Already we have an uniform penny rate—no postage to pay on the receipt of a letter —no fears for the security of money letters, no delays, but de- liveries woithy of the name of poste haste." So confident are we of these results—so completely has their feasibility been demonstrated, beyond our most sanguine expectations, that a few months only can elapse before these important ameliorations will have been accomplished.—Post Circular. Po.ui'tii.—Mr. Taylor, when engaged in his researches at Pompeii, in a letter to his friend, Mr. Nadur, dated Pompeii, Nov. loth, 1824, says-" In one of the rooms of those baths (speaking of some hot baths recently discovered), my attention tus been particularly attracted by three seats made of bronze, of a form entirely unknown, and in the highest state of preser- vation on one of them was placed the skeleton of a female, whose arms and neck were covered with jewets in addition to gold bracelets, the form of which was already known, I have taken off the neck of the skeleton, a necklace, the workmanship of which is absolutely miraculous. I assure you that our most skilful jewellers could make nothing more elegant, or of a better taste. It has all the beautiful workmanship of the Moorish jewels, which I examined at Grenada, and the same designs which are to be found in the dresses of the Moorish women, and on the Jewesses of Tetuan, on the coast of Africa. The brace. lets form asingle ring, and arc so perfectly resembling each other, that one would suppose them manufactured by the same artist. The principal hall of the baths i3 covered with beautiful ornaments, and the cornice is supported by an infinite number of small figures in alto-relievo, of a very original character, It is difficult to describe the charm one feels in touching these ob- jects on the very spot where they have stood for ages, and be- fore the illusion is entirely destroyed one of the windows was covered with magnificent glass, which has just been deposited in the Museum at Naples. Pompeii has been for 20 centuries buried in the entrails of the earth whole nations have passed away over its head its monuments have remained standing, and all its ornaments untouched by the hand of time." VALUABLE HINT.—If cotton and woollen articles of dress, after washing, be rinsed in a moderate solution of nitre, it will prevent them bursting into a flame, and at the same time it will improve their appearance. The expense is trifling, and the ad- vantagesimmense. MALLEABLE IKON.—At a recent meetingof the Institution of Civil Engineers, Mr. Mushet, the eminent mine proprietor, of Coleford, presented some specimens of malleable iron, in his opinion peculiarly adapted for railway purposes. The feature peculiar to this iron is, the omission of the refining process in its manufacture. The valuable properties of malleable iion being fibre and hardness, Mr. Mushet considers that these are but im- perfectly secured by the present process. Iron, as at present generally manufactured, receives the fibre by repeated heatings and rollings but the fibre thus acquired, is obtained at the sacrifice of hardness. The fibre of malleable iron may be in- jured by overheating, by adding in the smelting furnace ores rendering the iron cold, short, or by the use of cinders, which, when in excess, causes the fibre to crystalize and produce brit- ileness. Some irons, however, are so exceedingly fibrous, that they admit of a limited number of cinders with deterioration.— By omitting the refining process, a greater mass of fibre can be produced than in any other manner and this fibre, in conse- quence of the iron not being exposed to so severe a degree of decarbonization, is stiffer and harder than that acquired by re- peated heatings and rollings. The iron used for railways should be from goop grey mine pig-iron, as the source from which the hardest and strongest fibre in malleable iron is de- rived. The use of cinder-pig should be excluded, on the ground that the quantity and quality of the fibre is injured and if in the state of grey iron, its fusibility is so much increased, as to occasion great waste in puddling and subsequent re-heatings, SISTERLY INFLUENCE.—"That man has grown among kind and affectionate sisters," I once heard a lady of much observa- tion and experience remark. And why do you think so," said I. Because of the rich development of all the tenderer feelings of the heart, which are so apparent in every woid." A sister's influence is felt, even in manhood's later years and the heart of him who has grown cold with its chilling contact with the world, will waim and thrill with pure enjoyment, as some incident awakes within him the soft tones and glad me- lodies of his sister's voice. And he will turn from purposes which a warped and false philosophy has reasoned into expe- diency, and weep for the gentler influence which moved him in his earlier years.—Sunbeam. JOCKEYING.—We believe there has not been a Devizes Green Fair for many years, but that some young townsmen and neigh- bours have been regularly jockied. To offer advice to a person about to buy or to sell a horse, is to offer a personal insult. Some people, indeed, would consider it a serious stain upon their characters not to be thought knowing in such matters. Do you see anything green here ?" said a young farmer, point- ing to his right eye, and looking very contemptuously at his friend, who had merely requested him to be on his guard. "Do you see anything green here 1" he repeated, with increased con- tempt, and walked off. The young farmer had a horse to sell, worth |about £ 23. He took it into the fair, and was not long without a dealer. He very naturally extolled every point; and the dealer, to lull suspicion, detracted from every point. After some chaffing," with regard to price, the dealer said, Wet), whether I buy or not, at any late I'll try it." The young farmer suffered a man whom he never saw before, to mount his horse :—the man rode off, and neither man nor horse have been since heard of. The question may then be fairly put—" Do you see anything green here 1" But older and more experi- enced persons have been equally duped. "Wide awake said a wOllhy and excellent friend of ours, who was about to go into a previous fair, to purchase a carriage horse. Wide awake that's my motto, whenever I deal with a jockey and if I am taken in, then it's my own fault." Well !—wideawake our friend suffered a horse, which he had only the jockey's word for its having been in harness before, to be put to a new carriage. A paiticular acquaintance mounted the box and within five minutes the carriage was upset, the shafts shattered, other injuries done, and the driver's neck endangered. The jockey of course swore that there was no fault in the horse, and that the accident was solely attributable to the unskilfulness of the driver. Under such circumstances, he laughed at the idea of paying a farthing to repair the damage done to the carriage. Our friend-really wide awake—thought upon the old saw, "sue a beggar, See." and put up with the first loss.—Devizes Gazette. ON THE HARMONY BETWEEN REVELATION AND GEOLOGY. —There was a time when every geologist was called upon to defend himself against imputations of this kind but a more en- lightened era has arrived, and it is unnecessary to allude to the circumstance, except to assure those who for the first time are called upon to follow the reseaiches of the astronomer and the geologist, that in proportion as their minds become acquainted with the principles ofscientinc investigation, their apprehen- sions of any collision between the discoveries in the natural world, and the inspired record, will disappear. With regard to geology, I will content myself, on this occasion, with the fol- lowing extract from the sermons of an eminent prelate, the Bishop of London "As we are not called upon by Scriptu;e to admit, so neither are we required to deny the supposition, that the matter without form, and void, out of which this globe of the earth was framed, may have consisted of the wrecks and relics of more ancient worlds, created and destroyed by the same Almighty Power, which called our world into being, and will one day cause it to pass away." Thus, while the Bible reveals to us the moral history and destiny of our race, and teaches us that man and other living things have been placed but a few thousand years upon the earth, the physical monu- ments of our globe bear witness to the same truth and as as- tronomy unfolds to us the myriads of worlds, not spoken of in the sacred records, geology in like manner proves, not by arguments drawn from analogy, but by incontrovertible evidence of physical phenomena, that there were former conditions of our planet, separated from each other by vast intervals of time, during which this woild was teeming with life, ere man and the animals which are his cotemporaries, had been called into being. NOVEL MSIKOD or PUFFING.—That peculiar class of lineIt- diapers, who arc for nine months out of the twelve selling oft' the stock of a bankrupt," at an immense sacrifice," or their own at 90 per cent, below cost price," have recently adopted a novel mode of calling public attention to their wares. In. stead of opening their shops at the usual hour, they cover the door with large placards open at half-past ten," taking care that passengers may see through the windows the numerous train of shopmen busy in packing and unpacking, arranging and disarranging, as if there was really something extraordinary about to take place. About the time named, a considerable number of persons, generally females or respectable appearance, begin to collect near the door, anxiously Waiting fbf its opeblng, that they may pounce upon the bargains." These females are hired for the occasion, like the bidders at a mock-auctiori, and are intended to give eclat to the establishment, as if the in- ducement to purchase were sufficient to attract buyers from all quarters. Of cduise the touters" ate not silent on the merits of the several commodities when they happen to find strangers among them likely to become bona .lid!! purchasers. By these means and with a shop crowded with parties of the aattie stamp, as wcli as flaming placards and handbills, an immense sacri- fice," a man will secure more trade in a week, than an honest, quiet shopkeeper, who trusts to the quality of his goods, can command in a month. So prone are mankind and womankind to follow R multitude to be humbugged.—Liverpool Mail. PRUDES.—Prudes who idlic flrp. 90 easily at the slightest in- limation of impropriety, are like purik, which catches fire in, stantly, after having been once burned. I MORALS.—Those who are always men" the road to hea- ven, hare no time to pursue it; as the manwhO C.Ri.ries the lan- tern, stumbles oftener than he <vho follows him. SATIRE.—A talent for satire, too much indulged, Wfiijnds its owner as well as others, as a nail, when the hand is clinched too long, grows into the surrounding flesh and makes it sore. MEETING AND PARTING.—It is only when we meet and when we part that we feel the full strength of our love. We are like Meninori's statue; which was warmed by the sun's daily rays, but became vocal only vviieri the Deity visited it and departed.' LOVE OF MONEY.—" I exceedingly regret that tdij not, can- not, force myself to love money. It is the most secure sburCtt ,)f enjoyment of which our nature is capable. It is tangibles and present; it is subject to no imaginary miseries it goes on increasing"; it is a joy for ever. It exercises both bodily and mental faculties in its acquisition it is satisfaction to the past, and encouragement to the future." For mercy's sake, stop -if you go on much farther with this eulogium, you will send me away a confirmed miser." No such good luck the miser, like the poet, must be born. It is not to be acquired without an original vocation."

CORN EXCHANGE. MoxDAY, ArmL 30.-At this morning's market the supply of Wheat fresh up was extremely small, and only a very mode- rate quantity was offering ex-granary. The best qualities were in brisk demand, at an advance of fully 2s per qr. Secondary sorts were more sought after, and easily obtained Is per qr. above the rates on this day tfeek. The holders of Flour were firth; totwn made moved off at fully last Monday's prices, and good fresh ship matks were about Is per sack dearer than on this day se'nnight. There was a fair defnand for fine Malting Barley, and as the quantity on sale was extremely scanty, rather higher rates were icalised. Grinding and distillery parcel ttere readily taken off at previous quotations. Malt of superior quality sold at a shade higher prices. We have been very moderately supplied with Oats during the last week. The consumption of this article has been un- usually great, owing to the wintof green food (from the extreme backwardness of the spring). A considerable proportion of the prevmusly-received large Irish supplies have, therefore, been cleared on the market, and the quantity now on sale is by no means abundant. To-day the dealers evinced more disposition to buy, there was also a fair attendance of purchasers from the country, and a good business was transacted at an improvement of Is per qr. on the currency of Monday last. There were rather more Beans on sale, some of which were in very soft condition such were difficult to sell, but fine dry parcels readily found buyers on fully former terms. Peas were scarce, aqd all kinds of qualities maintained last rates. The inquiry for Bonded Wheat was again animated; the factors, however, asked higher prices than speculators were in- clined to give, consequently little business took place, and quotations remained nominally as on Friday last,

QUARTERS. s. s. s. QUARTERS. i. S. Si Wheat, White New, 43 57 63 Peas,Boilinc,Essex Ditto, Old 59 6b New 34 35 Red, New 42 54 60 Ditto, ditto, Old, 38 39 Ditto, Old 55 61 Ditto, Suffolk 30 37 W hite Norfolk and Ditto, Foreign !J6 38 Lincoln 56 58 Hog 01 Grey 28 30 Red ditto 5558 Mapte. 30 31 Irish White 49 56 Oats, Feed 21 24 Ditto, Red 4550 Polands. 22 24 Black 48 50 Potato. 26 29 Rivets. 46 50 Irish. 19 22 Rye, New 3031 Fine. 2224 Ditto, Old 29 30 Tares,New,prbush.3s6d 3«9d Barley, Grinding 23 24 Rapeseed, New, per New Black 26 28 last 281. 301. Chevalier Malting 30 31 33 MustardSced Brown Norfolk & Suffolk, 3031 New, per bushel 1314 Brank 28 30 White, ditto ditto 6 8 Ship Malt 49 52 Long Pods. 30 23 Ditto, Chevalier 52 55 Windsor 3642 Beans, Small New. 31 33 pine 43 Ditto, Old 35 37 Linseed 46 48 50 Harrow, New 3031 Clover,Red,perewt. Ditto, Old 34 35 Trefoil ditt0> licks,New 29 30 Flour, 48s, 52s, 55s, I > Old 30 33 per sack. 1

AVERAGE. Imperial Weekly Wht. Barl. Oats. Rye. Beans Peas. Average, ending April 20 58 9 29 10 21 8 31 4 34 9 33 3 Age rega tfi A vera g e of 6wceks,which regulates Duty. 57 10 29 7 21 4 31 71 33 32 10 Duty on For.Corn 29 8 18 4 15 3 22 D| 19 9 21 3 Age rega ti fA vera g e of 6wceks,which I regulates Duty. 57 10 29 7 21 4 31 71 33 32 10 Duty on For.Corn 29 8 18 4 15 3 22 D| 19 9 21 3 SMITHFIELD MARKET. MONDAY, APRIL 30.-The supply of Beasts to this morning's market was greater than we have had for some months, and among the number we had some Beasts of excellent quality of the Devon breed. Owing to the large supply, the trade was very dull for all descriptions, and prices must be quoted lower than during last week. At the close of our market to day, a number of Beasts were turned out unsold. The supply of Mut- ton was fully adequate to our demand, and the quotations of last Monday were fully supported, although the trade was by no means brisk. The Lamb trade was extremely dull, and the prices lower than on this day se'nnight. In Veal and Pork there is no change worthy of notice. The former supports its price, in consequence of the shortness of the supply. We had 2100 beasts out of Norfolk—400 from Lincolnshire—200 out of Essex—and 400 per steamers and sailing vessels from Scotland. The rest were from the neighbourhood of London. Per St. of BIbs. to sink the offal. Beef 3s 2d to 4s 4d Veal 4s 8d to 5s 6d Mutton 3s 6d to 4s 8d Pork 3s 8d to 4s lOd Lamb 5s Od to 6s 6d CATTLE AT SMITHFIELD. L The following are the correct numbers from the City Toll Book: Beasts 3,381 I Calves 92 Sheep and Lambs 22,210 Pigs 383

NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. MONDAY, APRH. 30.—(By the carcass, per quantities of 81bs. being one half the Imperial stone and lib. additional.)— Beef, 2s lOd to 3s lOd Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 0d Veal, 4s Od to 5s 6d Pork, 3s 2d to 5s 2d.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN WOOLS. LONDON WOOL MARKET, APRIL 30.—The accounts which have lately come to hand from our manufacturing districts being much more cheering than those received thence some weeks since, most of the holders of British Wool are demanding enhanced rates, which they have, as yet, been unable to realise however, the trade is very steady, at fully late rates. —English Wools:—Down tegs, Is 6d to Is 7d half-bred ditto, Is 6d to Is 9d Down ewes and wethers, Is 2d to Is 4d Lei- cester hogs, Is 3d to Is 5d Leicester wethers, Is Id to Is 2d blanket wool, lOd to Is Id flannel ditto, Is to Is 4d; skin combing, Is £ d to Is 2d. LIVERPOOL WOOL MARKET, APRIL 28.—Many influential parties have been inquiring for Mogadore, Peruvian, and East India Wool, and the lower descriptions of this article in general were taken to a moderate extent; in other qualities we have nothing of importance to report.

HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. Hay 41 4s to 51 5s | Clover 41 4s to 51 15s Straw. 11 Os to 21 5s REGENT'S PARK. Hay 41 4s to 51 5s j Clover 41 5s to 5110s Straw. 21 Os to 21 4s POHTMAN. Ilay 41 Os to 51 5s I Clover 41 4s to 51 8s Straw. 21 Os to 21 6s WIIITECIIAPEL. Hay 41 4s to 51 5s J Clover 4/ 5s to 5112s Straw 2/ 0s to 2/ 8s

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—P. R CWT. Currency East Kent, in pockets, 1834, jEO. Os to £0, Os 1835, £ 0. Os to XO. Os; 1836, £2. 16s to f4. 18s 1837, £ 4. Is to S6. 4s; Mid-Kent, 1834, £0. Os to £ 0. Os; 1835. £0. Os to jEO. Os; 1836, X-0. Os to £0. Os 1837, £0, Os to £0. Os Weald of Kent, 1834, £ 0. Os to fO Os; 1835, ft). 0s to £ 0. 0s 1836, £ 0. 0s to £ 0. 0s 1837, £ 4. 0s to £ 4. 10s Sussex, 1836, £ 0. 0s to £ 0. 0s; 1837. £ 3. 14s to £ 4. 2s; Farnham, 1836, £ 0. 0s to £ 0. 0s 1837, £ 0. 0s to £ 0.0s. SEED MARKET. Clover, per cwt., red 56s a 88s, white 54s a 70s, extra 90s a 98s. Rapeseed, per last, .241 a 261-new 251 a 30/. Hempseed, per qr .40s a 44s. Canary, per qr 41s a 46s—extra 50s a-. Turnip Seed, Swedes. a 20s. White and Red Rounds 30s Yellow Scotch.38s Green Rounds 38s 40;. Mustard, white new 8s Od a 13s Od. brown .9s Od a 17s Od. Trefoil, per cwt.new 15s a 21s Coriander.old lis a 14s-new 10s a 13s Carraway.new 40s a 42s, 48s a 49s« Tares, per bl., new winter 3s6d a4s6d, spring new OsOd aOsOd-

PRICES OF OIL AND OIL CAKE. Rape oil, brown, per ton, 391; Refined, 40/; Linseed oil, 2Gl 10s; Linseed oil cake at the mill, 1000, J2110s; Rape cake, per ton, 51 10s.

PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 9d for the four-pound loaf. Good Bread may be had at 6jd.

PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com- puted from the retuwis made in the week ending Mar.27, 1838, is 37s 5d per cwt., exclusive of the duties^of Customs. Newport, Saturday, May 5, 1838 Printed and Published by the Proprietor, EDWARD DOWLING, residing in Commercial-street, in the Bo. rough of Newport, at his General Printing Office, situate in Commercial-street, corner of Corn-street, in the said Bo- rough. London Agents :—Messrs. Newton and Co., Warwick-square Mr. R. Baiker, 33, Fleet-street; Mr. G. Reynell, 42, Chan- cery-lane Mr. S. Deacon, Coffee-house, No. 3. Walbrook, near the Mansion-house and Messrs. Clarke and Lewis. Crown Court, Threadneedle-street, where this Paper is regn" larly filed. Agents for Ireland :-Johnston and Co., Eden Quay, Dublin.